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. >>> coming up, new signs president obama's winning the tax fight. news today could strengthen his hand against speaker boehner. >>> plus, karl rove hasn't learned a thing is since its infamous air meltdown. why is he questioning polls again? >>> and a very special guest is here with me tonight. we have a gold medal winner onset. gabby douglas live in the studio. her story of sacrifice inspired a country. you're watching "politicsnation" on msnbc. initiated. neural speeds increasing to 4g lte. brain upgrading to a quad-core processor. predictive intelligence with google now complete. introducing droid dna by htc. it's not an upgrade to your phone. it's an upgrade to yourself. >>> have you joined the "politicsnation" conversation on facebook yet? we hope you will. today our fans were buzzing over the newly released photo of the president on the phone with mitt romney as he conceded to him on election night. he have len says, the president was probably so glad it was over so that he could get back to working for our country. david says, he must have be
. >>> coming up, new signs president obama's winning the tax fight. news today could strengthen his hand against speaker boehner. >>> plus, karl rove hasn't learned a thing is since its infamous air meltdown. why is he questioning polls again? >>> and a very special guest is here with me tonight. we have a gold medal winner onset. gabby douglas live in the studio. her story of sacrifice inspired a country. you're watching "politicsnation" on msnbc....
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for the major -- the bush tax cuts and the bush-obama tax cuts because he signed the extension into law -- it begs that we need tax reform on a base plate. it was on -- on a big plate. it was talked about at the super committee. six-six were divided between republican and democrat. one of the silver linings i saw happening was the leadership i saw led by dave camp. he is the chairman of the maze -- ways and means committee. neither max baucus or orrin hatch -- you see they will be coming together unneeded tax return -- tax reform. maybe the provisions that expire will provide the umphf to get to the finish line. yes, they expired december 31. for most americans, the impact does not hit until april 15 of 2014 because the tax hike takes in a january 13 -- january 2013. you do not pay the tax until the end of the year. that allows you time to say hey what is it we like to do. i would like to see its simplified and a whole number of different things. we talked about -- i would like to see it simplified and a whole number of different things. we can talk about general electric and how they d
for the major -- the bush tax cuts and the bush-obama tax cuts because he signed the extension into law -- it begs that we need tax reform on a base plate. it was on -- on a big plate. it was talked about at the super committee. six-six were divided between republican and democrat. one of the silver linings i saw happening was the leadership i saw led by dave camp. he is the chairman of the maze -- ways and means committee. neither max baucus or orrin hatch -- you see they will be coming...
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for those major tax -- the bush tax cuts the bush/obama tax cuts, it begs that we do need tax reform on the big play. as one that was on the super committee and lots of discussions, hundreds of hours it was equally divided between house and senate. one of the silver linings i saw happen was, what i expect to be the leadership led by dave camp. he is the chairman of the ways and means committee. in the senate, you see they will be coming together on the needed tax reform. maybe these provisions that expire will provide what is necessary to get to the finish line. yes, they expire december 31. for most americans, the impact does not hit until april 15 of 2014. the tax hike kicks in january 13, -- january of 2013, but you do need -- you do not pay taxes until the end of the year. that allows you time to say, what is it we have to do? i would like to see the rates come down. it could be simplified. talk about general electorates'. -- bge -- ge. let us figure it out. i had the chairman of pfizer in my district in my office not too long ago. he said, fred, switzerland has a tax rate of 13%
for those major tax -- the bush tax cuts the bush/obama tax cuts, it begs that we do need tax reform on the big play. as one that was on the super committee and lots of discussions, hundreds of hours it was equally divided between house and senate. one of the silver linings i saw happen was, what i expect to be the leadership led by dave camp. he is the chairman of the ways and means committee. in the senate, you see they will be coming together on the needed tax reform. maybe these provisions...
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he told cnbc that instead of continuing tax breaks for the wealthy, the obama administration is willing to go over this cliff which means they're willing to let your taxes go up and unemployment checks go away massive spending cuts happen if the pentagon instead of continuing the tax breaks for the wealthy. now there's been very little progress here on chiapitol hill which is why so many have gone home. we know that president obama and john boehner spoke by phone. republican sources telling us they had a conversation yesterday. we don't have a readout on what that was about. we don't know that if any meetings have been scheduled. but any small sign of progress is welcome here on capitol hill. now with so many lawmakers headed home and likely to face the ire of their constituents, we saw one protester in baltimore yesterday over social security. there are a few left. today there's a joint economic committee hearing. they're going to hear from a top economist not only about the jobs numbers coming out tomorrow but also about what can be done to avoid this issue at the end of the year. >>
he told cnbc that instead of continuing tax breaks for the wealthy, the obama administration is willing to go over this cliff which means they're willing to let your taxes go up and unemployment checks go away massive spending cuts happen if the pentagon instead of continuing the tax breaks for the wealthy. now there's been very little progress here on chiapitol hill which is why so many have gone home. we know that president obama and john boehner spoke by phone. republican sources telling us...
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three years ago today, president obama spent hundreds of billions of your tax dollars to "stimulate the economy." well, feel stimulated yet? me neither. we thought it would be nice to wish the president a happy birthday, so we had this cake made, so to speak. but we wanted, bob, appropriately -- >> dana: to give you the honor. >> eric: we love you. blow it out. >> bob: i got to make a wish? >> dana: don't spit all over it. good job! you're getting married? what was that? >> bob: you know what i wish it was. >> eric: i'll wait for the break. all right. we blew out the candle. >> bob: you want to know my wish? >> dana: have you been planning that all day? >> bob: yes. that was great! my wish was all of your right wingers would realize how successful the stimulus was. >> dana: even the white house doesn't say -- even the white house doesn't try to claim it's successful. >> greg: a 3-year-old hasn't smelled this bag since seabiscuit. >> eric: it wasn't a success, bob. >> bob: i think it was. no question about it. saved us from depression and among other things, 1.4 million jobs in the autom
three years ago today, president obama spent hundreds of billions of your tax dollars to "stimulate the economy." well, feel stimulated yet? me neither. we thought it would be nice to wish the president a happy birthday, so we had this cake made, so to speak. but we wanted, bob, appropriately -- >> dana: to give you the honor. >> eric: we love you. blow it out. >> bob: i got to make a wish? >> dana: don't spit all over it. good job! you're getting married? what...
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to raise taxes. george bush cut taxes and started two wars with a minus half a million margin in the polls. barack obama has 3.5 million plus. so if 3 3.5 million plus isn't enough of a mandate to do something about taxes, what the hell was a half million loss? >> we're going to miss you congressman frank, barney frank ending an incredible career in massachusetts. we'll have you back again, if we can. >> i'll be around, chris. >> i want to ask you what you'll miss, positively and negative will from the congress. thanks for coming on tonight, congressman. >> you're welcome. >>> when we return, let me finish with whether the politicians who run the government will be able to do what's right, do what's necessary. this month. you're watching "hardball," the place for politics. made a comm. bp has paid over twenty-three billion dollars to help those affected and to cover cleanup costs. today, the beaches and gulf are open, and many areas are reporting their best tourism seasons in years. and bp's also com
to raise taxes. george bush cut taxes and started two wars with a minus half a million margin in the polls. barack obama has 3.5 million plus. so if 3 3.5 million plus isn't enough of a mandate to do something about taxes, what the hell was a half million loss? >> we're going to miss you congressman frank, barney frank ending an incredible career in massachusetts. we'll have you back again, if we can. >> i'll be around, chris. >> i want to ask you what you'll miss, positively...
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with president obama rolling out his election year budget. house republicans signalled a full reversal in their position in spiraling tax cuts. tracie potts joins us with more from washington. tracie, good morning. >> lynn, good morning. let's start with the budget. $3.8 trillion. it's the biggest the country has seen with $1.5 trillion in new taxes primarily on the wealthy, oil companies and big banks. there's new spending in in budget. president obama calls it investments in our future. roads, college, energy, manufacturing. there's well over a trillion dollar deficit for the fourth year in a row. although the white house says that will go down over the course of a decade. republican reaction, as you might imagine, not great on capitol hill. mitch mcconnell calls it a campaign document. senator jeff sessions on the budget committee says this is debt on arrival. let's talk about the payroll tax cut we got this year. will it be extended? it looks like republican reversed saying that they will support an extension without paying for it first.
with president obama rolling out his election year budget. house republicans signalled a full reversal in their position in spiraling tax cuts. tracie potts joins us with more from washington. tracie, good morning. >> lynn, good morning. let's start with the budget. $3.8 trillion. it's the biggest the country has seen with $1.5 trillion in new taxes primarily on the wealthy, oil companies and big banks. there's new spending in in budget. president obama calls it investments in our future....
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the authors of the report say that even if romney slashed tax breaks for medical expenses and education, the burden would shill be shifted onto lower earners to pay more. >>> mitt romney's campaign dismissed the findings saying, quote, this is just another biased study from a former obama staffer that ignores critical parts of governor romney's tax reform program which will help the middle class and promote faster economic growth. it should be noted that in addition to a former obama economic adviser, the report was also co-authored by an economic staff member of president george h.w. bush. >>> now to the nation's ongoing debate over health care coverage. several provisions of the president's affordable care act kicked in yesterday, giving millions of american women a number of new benefits that must be covered by the health care providers without additional co-payments. these new services include access to contraception, annual checkups, breast-feeding supplies and counseling, as well as health screenings during pregnancies and for domestic abuse. under the new law, religious instituti
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i want to cut taxes, president obama wants to raise taxes. historically that has been a devastating argument. for the president and joe biden to talk about raising taxes when you have millions and millions of americans out of work, it does not seem to work, and everyone knows the actual tax hikes will do almost nothing for the deficit. so it is just kind of catnip for the left. let's raise taxes on the rich. class warfare. i don't think it is a successful economic strategy, and i'm not sure it will or politically either. gerri: interesting days. that is for sure. you will have you back to talk more. when we come back to be searching for a deal, but prescription drugs online presents a all new sets of problems. we will explain. an age-old question resurfacing. can women have it all? are we dissing mother had? this is going to be a panel. you will love it. it will be a lot of fun. ♪ ç gerri: the mill powerhouse giving birth to her first child. she took the helm. see is also making headlines for another reason. this story and others suggesti
i want to cut taxes, president obama wants to raise taxes. historically that has been a devastating argument. for the president and joe biden to talk about raising taxes when you have millions and millions of americans out of work, it does not seem to work, and everyone knows the actual tax hikes will do almost nothing for the deficit. so it is just kind of catnip for the left. let's raise taxes on the rich. class warfare. i don't think it is a successful economic strategy, and i'm not sure it...
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president obama's proposal that would provide tax relief to small businesses that are adding employees to the payroll, look, it's very difficult for a small company to add additional employees. and the t president's proposal helps in that direction. so the bill that we authorize under president obama's leadership will help small companies that are in the tech fields. so yes, particularly in helping them with the regulatory issues. we are moved that 1099 reporting requirement. the smaller companies particularly said that would have been overly burdensome on the health reform bills for under 10. there's no additional burdens in the affordable care act. >> so, senator, i want to ask you what we're asking a lot of people on the show and in the country over the next couple of months, which is do you feel small businesses are better off now than four years ago? >> i think small businesses are moving in the right direction. four years ago it was extremely uncertain as to whether they could survive. now they know they have a bright future ahead of them. the tools put in place have helped them
president obama's proposal that would provide tax relief to small businesses that are adding employees to the payroll, look, it's very difficult for a small company to add additional employees. and the t president's proposal helps in that direction. so the bill that we authorize under president obama's leadership will help small companies that are in the tech fields. so yes, particularly in helping them with the regulatory issues. we are moved that 1099 reporting requirement. the smaller...
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comes to housing, when it comes to medicare, when it comes to jobs and the economy, when it comes to tax policies, president obama has been fighting to make sure that people can stay in their homes, that seniors will not have benefits cut, that we will make sure when it comes to immigration, we can fight for comprehensive immigration reform and republicans led by mitt romney are dramatically out of step with the priorities that floridians care about. i think that is why florida will remain blue and contribute reelecting president obama in november. >>> the latest numbers are out from the federal election commission on campaign fundraising, among the republicans, mitt romney raised $24 million in the fourth quarter. ron paul was second, newt gingrich third, rick santorum. harold simmons, a texas corporate raider, pumped $8.5 million in three super pacs last fall. $7 million to former bush white house political aide karl rove and his super pac. on the democratic side, president obama raised $68 million in the fourth quarter. democratic party super pacs raised comparatively paltry total $13
comes to housing, when it comes to medicare, when it comes to jobs and the economy, when it comes to tax policies, president obama has been fighting to make sure that people can stay in their homes, that seniors will not have benefits cut, that we will make sure when it comes to immigration, we can fight for comprehensive immigration reform and republicans led by mitt romney are dramatically out of step with the priorities that floridians care about. i think that is why florida will remain blue...
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obama never raised taxes but will raise them soon. it was mitt romney who said let detroit go bankrupt. then he saw what happened after the automobile loan from the federal government saved 1.5 million american jobs and ohio's economy. and all of a sudden, mitt romney says the auto loan, that was just a good idea. and mitt romney says he will be the president for all americans. don't forget that. even though he was caught on tape saying he can never convince 47% of americans to take responsibility for themselves. this is why mitt romney can't be let off the hook in the debate tomorrow night. but it's hard to press him on these issues when he doesn't even answer the questions. here it is. >> what is the biggest misconception about you in the public debate right now? >> we'll have to create more jobs, have less debt and shrink the size of government. >> misconceptions about you? >> you get to ask the questions you want and i get to give the answers i want. >> i hope there's a moment like that tomorrow night. not going to be easy for jim
obama never raised taxes but will raise them soon. it was mitt romney who said let detroit go bankrupt. then he saw what happened after the automobile loan from the federal government saved 1.5 million american jobs and ohio's economy. and all of a sudden, mitt romney says the auto loan, that was just a good idea. and mitt romney says he will be the president for all americans. don't forget that. even though he was caught on tape saying he can never convince 47% of americans to take...
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and said barack obama's going to tax you more et cetera, et cetera. but if mitt romney chooses to focus on the health care bill for the next three months, he will be taken off the the table his number one argument to be elected -- >> by the way -- >> which is barack obama has blown it on the economy. >> by the way, not to get too tough with you, my friend because as mcloughlin would say, there's an element of truth. if this is held up as a tax, you simply reduce the tax to zero because you can move numbers around. >> but you -- if you don't think the republicans if they get control of the senate and have a republican president that they will try to use reconciliation to repeal this law i think it's crazy to think they won't try to do that. they hate this law.ç >> the fact is, the polls show that health care is like number four or five in people's concerns about what's number one in their minds. >> i tell you, the unemployment rate gets down to 7.5, they won't talk about anything. here's the president talking about the decision would only energize th
and said barack obama's going to tax you more et cetera, et cetera. but if mitt romney chooses to focus on the health care bill for the next three months, he will be taken off the the table his number one argument to be elected -- >> by the way -- >> which is barack obama has blown it on the economy. >> by the way, not to get too tough with you, my friend because as mcloughlin would say, there's an element of truth. if this is held up as a tax, you simply reduce the tax to...
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obama doesn't have a mandate to raise taxes. george bush cut taxes with a minus half a million margin in the polls. so if that isn't enough of a mandate to do something about taxes, what is with the loss? >> we're going to miss you congressman frank. ending an incredible career in massachusetts. thank you so much. we're going to have you back, if we can. >> i'll be around. >> i'm going to ask you what you miss positively and negatively from the congress. thank for coming on tonight. >> you're welcome. >>> when we return, let me finish with whether the politicians will be able to do what's necessary this this month. you're watching "hardball," the place for politics. >>> let me finish tonight with something important about leave leading this country through a difficult time. it's about barack obama's job description. if you read the newspapers, you see the fiscal catastrophe of greece. right now, the world is looking at us. the whole world. people as far away as hong kong. people have to make sharp decision about money and they a
obama doesn't have a mandate to raise taxes. george bush cut taxes with a minus half a million margin in the polls. so if that isn't enough of a mandate to do something about taxes, what is with the loss? >> we're going to miss you congressman frank. ending an incredible career in massachusetts. thank you so much. we're going to have you back, if we can. >> i'll be around. >> i'm going to ask you what you miss positively and negatively from the congress. thank for coming on...
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and spending is down under president obama. it's a fact. the debt is down under president obama. taxes are down. that's what the republicans like. they like -- they like lower taxes. so the republicans have done when they were in the minority, they did a pretty good job of getting what they want, okay. now if we're going to fix all of this, there is number of things that we have to do. obviously we have to recommit in a big way to buy american, to manufacture in america, and to promote american loyalty when it comes to purchasing. that's one thing that could really help consumers have a tremendous amount of power. we've seen that in the social media in our business when certain broadcasters have the light put on them for dissatisfaction with the public. let's face it. the social media is changing a lot of conversation in this country in action. but for us to do this, we've got to focus on jobs. we've got to focus on investment. and we've got to reduce spending. we can't be invading countries to the tune of $5 billion a week. and all of these things have taken a toll. to get it al
and spending is down under president obama. it's a fact. the debt is down under president obama. taxes are down. that's what the republicans like. they like -- they like lower taxes. so the republicans have done when they were in the minority, they did a pretty good job of getting what they want, okay. now if we're going to fix all of this, there is number of things that we have to do. obviously we have to recommit in a big way to buy american, to manufacture in america, and to promote american...
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one third is tax cuts for americans. nobody knows that. most people think of obama raised taxes. the other one third was for states and cities, because we went down hard. every state had to modify the budget. they had to lay off first responders, teachers, firefighters and police officers. the stimulus, which is actually something that was accessible and saving jobs for creating and saving him, nobody knows. those kinds of mistakes. even when you do the right thing and you don't know how to get the credit for it, that demoralizes people. i think that both sides could have performed better. not surprisingly. outsiders and insiders. the book is an attempt to help us to learn from those mistakes so we can go forward. >> host: what about something like the bush tax cuts? is that -- looking directly at the fact that it was continued. >> guest: i think it should be taken away. if you have a business idea if you are an entrepreneur or innovator, you can get out and do a bang up job. first of all, you don't have to pay any price to anybody. you can just go get your business permit. if yo
one third is tax cuts for americans. nobody knows that. most people think of obama raised taxes. the other one third was for states and cities, because we went down hard. every state had to modify the budget. they had to lay off first responders, teachers, firefighters and police officers. the stimulus, which is actually something that was accessible and saving jobs for creating and saving him, nobody knows. those kinds of mistakes. even when you do the right thing and you don't know how to get...
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president obama says he has no intention of extending tax cuts for the highest earning americans first signed into law by president bush and renewed by president obama in 2010. on yesterday's "morning show," larry summers, complicated the president's message a bit when he warned against any sudden moves that could put the brakes on the economy. >> the real risk to this economy is on the side of slowdowns. certainly not on the side of overheating. and that means we've got to make sure that we don't take the gasoline out of the tank at the end of this year. that's got to be the top priority. we've got to make sure that we keep providing energy to the economy. and the areas where we've done that, like manufacturing, with support for the automobile industry, we haven't had great results but we've had much better results. >> later mr. summers released a statement clarifying his position. i fully support president obama's position on tax cuts, extending the high income tax cut does little for demand and poses substantial problems of fairness and fiscal prudence. the comments follow a recent
president obama says he has no intention of extending tax cuts for the highest earning americans first signed into law by president bush and renewed by president obama in 2010. on yesterday's "morning show," larry summers, complicated the president's message a bit when he warned against any sudden moves that could put the brakes on the economy. >> the real risk to this economy is on the side of slowdowns. certainly not on the side of overheating. and that means we've got to make...
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taxes, barackf obama performed particularly well. let's take a look, and then i will ask this group why romney had the advantage on tax policy. >> i want to bring the rates down. i want to simplify the tax code. i want to -- get middle income taxpayers to have lower taxes. the reason i want middle income taxpayers to have lower taxes is because middle income taxpayers have been buried years.e past four you have b seen as middle income people in this country incomes go down $4,300 a family. even if gasoline prices go up $2,000, health insurance premiums up $2,500. food prices are up. utility prices are up. the middle income family in america have been crushed over the last four years. so i want to get relief to middle income families. >> what was it? what was it about that. it was one of the rare moments when republicans and democrats agreed. why? >> i am convinced people understand mitt romney wants to help and not hurt job creators. that may be one of the most important issues in this election. >> she talking aboutto tax policy and
taxes, barackf obama performed particularly well. let's take a look, and then i will ask this group why romney had the advantage on tax policy. >> i want to bring the rates down. i want to simplify the tax code. i want to -- get middle income taxpayers to have lower taxes. the reason i want middle income taxpayers to have lower taxes is because middle income taxpayers have been buried years.e past four you have b seen as middle income people in this country incomes go down $4,300 a...
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obama doesn't have a mandate to raise taxes. george bush cut taxes with a minus half a million mar jib gi the polls. so if that isn't enough of a mandate to do something about taxes, what is with the loss? >> we're going to miss you congressman frank. ending an incredible career in massachusetts. thank you so much. we're going to have you back, if we can. >> i'll be around. >> i'm going to ask you what you miss positively and negatively from the congress. thank for coming on tonight. >> you're welcome. >>> when we return, let me finish with whether the politicians will be able to do what's necessary this this month. you're watching "hardball," the place for politics. should be in charge of their own future. how they'll live tomorrow. for more than 116 years, ameriprise financial has worked for their clients' futures. helping millions of americans retire on their terms. when they want. where they want. doing what they want. ameriprise. the strength of a leader in retirement planning. the heart of 10,000 advisors working with you
obama doesn't have a mandate to raise taxes. george bush cut taxes with a minus half a million mar jib gi the polls. so if that isn't enough of a mandate to do something about taxes, what is with the loss? >> we're going to miss you congressman frank. ending an incredible career in massachusetts. thank you so much. we're going to have you back, if we can. >> i'll be around. >> i'm going to ask you what you miss positively and negatively from the congress. thank for coming on...
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. >> obama care, a national energy tax? lost jobs? more debt? ron bar can we trust barber to challenge washington? of course, not. rubber-stamped ron barber, more that fails arizona. >> he doesn't mention the president on the campaign trail and not even a picture of him on barber's campaign website. why? of the 625,000 registered voters in this version of arizona's state district and i'll tell you why i say that in a moment, republicans outnumber democrats by 25,000 with independents, the rest of the electorates. any attempt to focus barber and obama is an attempt to distract from jesse kelly's past's statements. and kelly wants to eliminate social security and medicare with the most damaging blow of late may be this ad of late by a democrat party super pac. >> two years ago kelly said this about gabby giffords. >> now she stands there with that smile and pretends to be some kind of hometown hero. she's a hero of nothing. >> do you want jesse kelly representing you? >> the important point here is that kelly made that commen
. >> obama care, a national energy tax? lost jobs? more debt? ron bar can we trust barber to challenge washington? of course, not. rubber-stamped ron barber, more that fails arizona. >> he doesn't mention the president on the campaign trail and not even a picture of him on barber's campaign website. why? of the 625,000 registered voters in this version of arizona's state district and i'll tell you why i say that in a moment, republicans outnumber democrats by 25,000 with...
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president obama's plan keeps taxes down for the middle class, invests in education and asks the wealthy to pay their fair share. mitt romney and his billionaire allies can spend milions to distort the president's words. but they're not interested in rebuilding the middle class. he is. i'm barack obama and i how math and science kind of makes the world work. in high school, i had a physics teacher by the name of mr. davies. he made physics more than theoretical, he made it real for me. we built a guitar, we did things with electronics and mother boards. that's where the interest in engineering came from. so now, as an engineer, i have a career that speaks to that passion. thank you, mr. davies. >>> in the spotlight tonight, mitt romney has 134 days left in his campaign to win the presidency without answering specific questions like, do you agree with the supreme court's ruling today? if you think that's frustrating for democrats, it might be even more frustrating for romney supporters, many of whom are starting to worry that romney's evasive strategy is probably a losing strategy. yester
president obama's plan keeps taxes down for the middle class, invests in education and asks the wealthy to pay their fair share. mitt romney and his billionaire allies can spend milions to distort the president's words. but they're not interested in rebuilding the middle class. he is. i'm barack obama and i how math and science kind of makes the world work. in high school, i had a physics teacher by the name of mr. davies. he made physics more than theoretical, he made it real for me. we built...
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budget cuts and tax increases. obama is scheduled to return to washington on thursday in time to restart talks. the u.s. president is asking congressional executives to compile a compromise plan that features continued tax cuts for the middle class. that represents a shift in his policy that called for higher taxes on the wealthy, along with measures to cut the fiscal deficit. talks between democrats and republicans came to a standstill last week. a deal still remains uncertain. the republicans canceled a vote on their compromise plan. that's because many republicans remain opposed to any kind of tax hikes. >>> china has opened what it calls the world's longest high-speed rail line. the railway links the capital city of beijing and ghangzhou in the south. shun ishibe have more. >> reporter: the first high-speed train for beijing is about to leave guangzhou south railway station. many passengers are carrying coats, because the temperature in beijing is about 20 degrees centigrade lower than here in guangzhou. the ne
budget cuts and tax increases. obama is scheduled to return to washington on thursday in time to restart talks. the u.s. president is asking congressional executives to compile a compromise plan that features continued tax cuts for the middle class. that represents a shift in his policy that called for higher taxes on the wealthy, along with measures to cut the fiscal deficit. talks between democrats and republicans came to a standstill last week. a deal still remains uncertain. the republicans...
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most people think obama raised his taxes. he cut taxes for 95% of americans. the other referred is for the state's keeping copps on the beat. when we went down we went down hard, and if every state had to follow its budget when we went down, they didn't have to lay off teachers, firefighters, nurses, first responders. one-third of the stimulus was keeping copps on the beach and kindergarten teachers hoping your kids. nobody knows that. so the stimulus that was successful in terms of quote on quote saving jobs that were created or saved, you have to teachers' jobs. nobody knows. so that was the kind of mistake even when you do the right thing and you don't know how to get the credit for it, that demoralizes people, and so i think that both sides could have performed better, not surprisingly. outsiders and insiders. the book is an attempt to help us learn from those mistakes so we can go forward. >> host: what about the bush tax cut, something that he's kept this far? it was in his address, it wasn't directly the fact and has continued. >> guest: i think it's ti
most people think obama raised his taxes. he cut taxes for 95% of americans. the other referred is for the state's keeping copps on the beat. when we went down we went down hard, and if every state had to follow its budget when we went down, they didn't have to lay off teachers, firefighters, nurses, first responders. one-third of the stimulus was keeping copps on the beach and kindergarten teachers hoping your kids. nobody knows that. so the stimulus that was successful in terms of quote on...
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over these bush tax cuts. when the week began, i think we were all talking we thought the issue would be about friday's disappointing jobs reports. as you see the obama campaign and the white house trying to change the subject and they were effective. this thing goes up and down week to week and we'll probably see the romney campaign on the offensive next week. when you look at the past five days, you have seen the campaign on their heels. >> let me play former president bill clinton. mitt romney has been quoting bill clinton as of late. we'll see if he quotes him this time around with these new remarks. let's play it. >> i'm a little surprised that he only released a year's worth of tax returns. that's kind of perplexed me because it's the first time in more than 30 years that anybody running for president has only done that. the voters can make up their own mind about whether they think it's a good thing for a person who wants to be president to minimize his own tax liability by putting the money in overseas
over these bush tax cuts. when the week began, i think we were all talking we thought the issue would be about friday's disappointing jobs reports. as you see the obama campaign and the white house trying to change the subject and they were effective. this thing goes up and down week to week and we'll probably see the romney campaign on the offensive next week. when you look at the past five days, you have seen the campaign on their heels. >> let me play former president bill clinton....
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if there's one big take away from president obama's big tax announcement is that he's trying to frame mitt romney as richie rich. the tax cut proposal itself is likely to go nowhere, but throw in romney's tax cuts for the wealthy, his homes, cadillacs, corporations or people comment and you can see the strategy. romney is for the rich, obama defends the middle class. may determine who wins in november. also, dirty, angry money. lost in the news about republican fund-raiser is how much it might affect house and senate races. karl rove's has just dumped a million dollars to unseat ohio's sherrod brown, which would likely give the republicans the senate. sherrod brown joins us tonight. plus, we've got new poll numbers out from key swing states that he's going to win in november. happened when the mayor of one city wanted to raise taxes an the city council said no. the mayor busted employees -- how he defends that one. finally, dozens of members of congress are doing just that. handing out embarrassing moments from their wikipedia pages, but wikipedia is pushing back. we begin with the ob
if there's one big take away from president obama's big tax announcement is that he's trying to frame mitt romney as richie rich. the tax cut proposal itself is likely to go nowhere, but throw in romney's tax cuts for the wealthy, his homes, cadillacs, corporations or people comment and you can see the strategy. romney is for the rich, obama defends the middle class. may determine who wins in november. also, dirty, angry money. lost in the news about republican fund-raiser is how much it might...
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in order to cut taxes for the rich as an obama campaign ad claims. rather than go through the tax code, deduction by deduction, romney offered a simple answer, saying we could just put a cap on the total value of tax deductions, any one taxpayer could claim. >> one way would be to have a single number. make up a number, 25,000, $50,000, anybody could have deductions up to that amount and then that number disappears for high income people. >> rick: romney pledged high income people would pay the same share of total taxes they pay now. the president has his own tax plan. to raise money on those making 250,000 a year. romney said the president's own words show why that's a bad idea. >> in 2010, you said look, i'm going to extend the tax policies that we have now. i'm not going to raise taxes on anyone because when the economy is growing slow like this, we're in recession, you shouldn't raise taxes on anyone. >> now, when the president said that, the economy was growing at 2.3%, the latest quarter was revised downward to 1.3%. the president stuck to his
in order to cut taxes for the rich as an obama campaign ad claims. rather than go through the tax code, deduction by deduction, romney offered a simple answer, saying we could just put a cap on the total value of tax deductions, any one taxpayer could claim. >> one way would be to have a single number. make up a number, 25,000, $50,000, anybody could have deductions up to that amount and then that number disappears for high income people. >> rick: romney pledged high income people...
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tell president obama, american tax dollars should help american taxpayers. >> think progress. a progressive organization disputes the facts in this ad. among other complaints, it says two of the ads claims about jobs in mexico and finland are based on false stories by conservative bloggers. the koch brothers don't like any green industry, period. they don't like alternative fuels. they're out spending millions and millions of dollars to trash any effort to get an escape route down the road in the future from oil and gas. >> this is a two-for for the koch brothers. they don like the president, don't like democrats, support republicans and they hate democrats who talk about alternatives to fossil fuels. they are attacking obama falsely, based on false information. at the same time they're making it sound like it's crazy and nutty to care about green jobs. all this talk about obama about green jobs it's really helping china and mexico. we get a phobia mixed in. right out of karl rove's playbook. >> guess where it comes from? citizens united. i'll talk about it tonight. everybody
tell president obama, american tax dollars should help american taxpayers. >> think progress. a progressive organization disputes the facts in this ad. among other complaints, it says two of the ads claims about jobs in mexico and finland are based on false stories by conservative bloggers. the koch brothers don't like any green industry, period. they don't like alternative fuels. they're out spending millions and millions of dollars to trash any effort to get an escape route down the...
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he said it wasn't a tax. obama lies. freedom dies. that's sarah palin. freedom dies? really governor? it might just be republican kentucky governor rand paul who takes the cake with his statement. quote, just because a couple people in the supreme court declare something to be constitutional does not make it so. the whole thing remains unconstitutional. that's rand paul. actually, senator paul, when the supreme court says something is constitutional, by definition it is. >>> but now to switch gears. this whole historic decision comes down to two people. president obama and chief justice roberts that upheld it. a few years ago the two men shared another historic event. >> i barack hussein obama do solemnly swear. >> that i'll execute the office of president faithfully. >> that i will execute --ç the office of the president of the united states faithfully. >> and will to the best of my ability. >> and will to the best of my pablt preserve protect and defend the constitution of the united states. >> so help you god? >> so help me god. >> congratulations, mr. president.
he said it wasn't a tax. obama lies. freedom dies. that's sarah palin. freedom dies? really governor? it might just be republican kentucky governor rand paul who takes the cake with his statement. quote, just because a couple people in the supreme court declare something to be constitutional does not make it so. the whole thing remains unconstitutional. that's rand paul. actually, senator paul, when the supreme court says something is constitutional, by definition it is. >>> but now to...
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president obama has not put forward an overhaul plan for individual taxes. mitt romney did so this week and talked about it yesterday. in that, people are you that the tax cuts of president bush in 2001 and 2003, which have been extended, help the economy and that our economic growth, and we had stronger growth in the clinton years with a stronger tax rates. that's also an area that's subject for debate. host: thank you very much for giving us some background on all this debate on the campaign trail about corporate tax rates. martin crutsinger, who writes about economics for the associated press. nice to talk to this morning. guest: good to be here. host: i will start with facebook. people are already active on the page. here is a little bit of what viewers our facebook the wors have had to say. host: to the phone calls. mike, a republican in sarasota, florida. you are on the air. good morning. caller: good morning. how are you? thank you for allowing us to make the call. i believe we need some accounting in the presidency. we need to look at the fact that a
president obama has not put forward an overhaul plan for individual taxes. mitt romney did so this week and talked about it yesterday. in that, people are you that the tax cuts of president bush in 2001 and 2003, which have been extended, help the economy and that our economic growth, and we had stronger growth in the clinton years with a stronger tax rates. that's also an area that's subject for debate. host: thank you very much for giving us some background on all this debate on the campaign...